Work Performance, Mood and Sleep Alterations in Home Office Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The sudden burst of the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the work environment in favor of remote working, affecting the perception of work quality, satisfaction and performance. This crisis has also influenced workers' mood, sleep quality and general perception of everyday life. Our main purpose i...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2022-02, Vol.19 (4), p.1990
Main Authors: Costa, Chiara, Teodoro, Michele, Mento, Carmela, Giambò, Federica, Vitello, Carmen, Italia, Sebastiano, Fenga, Concettina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Child
Children
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diabetes
Disease transmission
Employees
Female
Generalized linear models
Humans
Hypertension
Investigations
Local government
Male
Middle Aged
Mood
Pandemics
Perception
Perceptions
Population studies
Questionnaires
Risk exposure
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Sleep
Social interactions
Social isolation
Statistical analysis
Teleworking
Womens health
Work environment
Work Performance
Workers
Working conditions
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Summary:The sudden burst of the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the work environment in favor of remote working, affecting the perception of work quality, satisfaction and performance. This crisis has also influenced workers' mood, sleep quality and general perception of everyday life. Our main purpose in this study was to give empirical contributions about home office workers experiencing remote working during the pandemic by assessing mood spectrum variations, sleep disturbances and the general impact of pandemic in everyday life. This cross-sectional study was performed between November and December 2020 through an online questionnaire. Participants were office workers performing remote work from workstations settled at home. The questionnaire investigated sociodemographic characteristics, health factors, perception of remote working, mood spectrum, sleep quality and pandemic context perception. The sample consisted of 94 respondents: 63 women and 31 men; the mean age was 50.4 years. Study population showed great satisfaction for remote working performance and online services for video connections. Only one third of the participants reported higher levels of irritability and loneliness and 16% of women complained of nightmares. Most of participants stated that the pandemic importantly affected daily life (85.1%). Half of female subjects with children
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph19041990